Army Wife Talk Radio Follows its Dreams

February 1, 2007, Richmond Hill, GA—The internet talk radio show, Army Wife Talk Radio (AWTR), hosted by Tara Crooks, will air LIVE for the first time, February 5, 2007 at 8PM (EST). Listeners can tune in at www.BlogTalkRadio.com/awtr for this show for and by Army Wives.

Nearing the close of Army Wife Talk Radio’s second year, Tara Crooks will take her show to the next level with BlogTalkRadio. BlogTalkRadio empowers independent bloggers or podcasters, like Crooks, with the capability to interact with her listeners in real time. For AWTR LIVE’s first interactive show, Crooks has invited syndicated columnists and international speakers Kathie Hightower and Holly Scherer as her special guests. Holly and Kathie have presented their trademark workshop Follow Your Dreams While You Follow the Military™ for military spouses all over the United States, Europe, and Japan since 1994. Hightower and Scherer are military spouses as well and will share their secrets to making the most of the military lifestyle.

“Real-time interaction with military spouses around the globe has been my dream all along,” says Crooks. The AWTR show has been about Army Wife Life all along, but now the established relationships with her 1000+ listeners will be more intimate and timely as listeners will be able to call in or instant message throughout the show. Previous shows were pre-recorded with military authors, military and non-profit organization contacts, other military spouses, and regular spots contributed by Military Money and USAA. These now-LIVE shows will be recorded as well and available for download at BlogTalkRadio.com/awtr, itunes, and ArmyWifeTalkRadio.com.

Crooks has already reached out LIVE with an affiliated show—for Army families—based on the self-syndicated Q&A column Field Problems™, co-authored by Star Henderson. While that is a monthly production, AWTR will continue its scheduled season with weekly LIVE shows on Mondays at 8pm (EST). Regulars and new and interested supporters and friends of Army wives and girlfriends are all invited to participate by calling (646) 915-8736. “I want you to make this show your show,” invites Crooks. In the event that listeners can not participate at that time, they can still influence the direction of future shows by commenting on the blog, message boards, and AWTR Listener’s Line all available at www.ArmyWifeTalkRadio.com.

Visit the website for more information on Army Wife Talk Radio or Tara Crooks. Hightower and Scherer go on tour this year to promote the re-release of their book “Help! I’m a Military Spouse. I want a life too!” By Crooks’ doing, they are also scheduled to deliver their workshop to forts in Georgia, home of the 3d Infantry Division. More information about them can be found at www.MilitarySpouseHelp.com.

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